Hong Kong stocks climbed 336.01 points, or 2.26 percent to close at 15,214.46 on Thursday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index touched down at the day-low of 14, 867.57 in the morning session before staging an effective rally.

Market turnover shrank to HK$52.61 billion ($6.79 billion) from Wednesday's HK$67.86 billion.